Refurbishing Carbon Ceramic Brake Discs

[nate-dogg]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 02 July 2019 at 12:45

[IMI A]

JZM will try and sell you Surface Transform replacements which are a good option but not cheap. You’ll still spend £8-10k

Send the car to 9e and ask for Ken. He will get your originals refurbed for you

[ChrisW.]

Or speak to Steve at JZM who will give you the option and explain the differences ... ?

[Maph7]

Are the discs faces themselves rough to touch or it is just the wear markers visible/ worn? I suspect that both 9e and JZM are using Rebrake for the refurbishment.

The rears on my 997 Turbo S were done by Rebrake before I bought it and they look identical to OEM.

Rebrake do an exchange service but I have heard they are not the easiest to deal with (slow refunding deposits etc). If JZM or 9e are prepared to deal with the process for a reasonable cost it would be worth going that route IMO.

If you are planning on doing more track days however I would go surface transforms as they are much slower wearing than OEM but as IMI A said they are not cheap.

Best of luck with it, I would be really interested to hear how you get on with quotes or if you find any other options.

Edited by Maph7 on Tuesday 14th May 22:07

[Whoozit]

For comparison, a full set of pad and steel discs on a 997T 1.5 is costing me £3k fitted this week, at an OPC. I don't track my car, but cringe at the thought of spending around 20% or even 40% of the total value of my car on stopping power.

[xbowdan]

I used sicom/ rebrake in Germany for my 997RS pccb’s. the result was very good, the discs came back looking like new.

Unfortunately, the general customer service was appalling. I am still waiting for my quite substantial original deposit to be sent back from over 2 years ago. A very unprofessional outfit.

Do not send any money in advance and do not trust them.

[xbowdan]

xbowdan said:

I used sicom/ rebrake in Germany for my 997RS pccb’s. the result was very good, the discs came back looking like new.

Unfortunately, the general customer service was appalling. I am still waiting for my quite substantial original deposit to be sent back from over 2 years ago. A very unprofessional outfit.

Do not send any money in advance and do not trust them.

Funnily enough,as if by magic, I now have my money, paid in full!

For reference, their product is EXCELLENT! There was never any question in regards to product quality, but the office management was very poor. They have now explained that they have outside investment and more internal resource so "it won't happen again".

I would personally use them again for their product.

[ChrisW.]

I’m pleased to hear that it has now worked also for you ...